Kenya vs Tanzania statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 45th vs. 31st).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Kenya and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Tanzania
1960	$791,265,459	$2,651,729,807
1961	$792,959,473	$2,826,179,031
1962	$868,111,401	$3,101,589,993
1963	$926,589,349	$3,456,579,293
1964	$998,759,334	$3,748,840,925
1965	$997,919,321	$3,817,226,546
1966	$1,164,519,674	$4,377,998,825
1967	$1,232,559,507	$4,565,132,048
1968	$1,353,295,459	$4,895,251,824
1969	$1,458,379,417	$5,142,066,811
1970	$1,603,447,359	$2,851,419,386
1971	$1,778,391,289	$3,050,673,517
1972	$2,107,279,157	$3,472,787,266
1973	$2,509,001,324	$4,144,104,535
1974	$2,969,958,812	$4,977,337,978
1975	$3,259,345,083	$5,729,917,840
1976	$3,474,542,392	$6,472,511,988
1977	$4,494,378,764	$7,732,598,995
1978	$5,303,735,111	$9,261,675,710
1979	$6,234,391,113	$9,804,637,491
1980	$7,265,315,820	$11,409,228,087
1981	$6,854,491,706	$13,161,540,378
1982	$6,431,579,357	$13,927,383,240
1983	$5,979,198,314	$14,049,883,809
1984	$6,191,437,070	$12,906,635,133
1985	$6,135,034,214	$15,328,295,175
1986	$7,239,126,568	$10,840,864,521
1987	$7,970,820,369	$7,824,193,222
1988	$8,355,380,879	$7,406,614,407
1989	$8,283,114,514	$6,418,799,007
1990	$8,572,359,038	$6,184,384,225
1991	$8,151,488,783	$7,197,768,159
1992	$8,209,120,763	$6,681,997,469
1993	$5,751,786,643	$6,182,872,708
1994	$7,148,148,564	$6,550,480,484
1995	$9,046,320,255	$7,631,431,840
1996	$12,045,865,396	$9,433,528,150
1997	$13,115,764,358	$11,158,197,942
1998	$14,093,998,844	$12,172,790,056
1999	$12,896,010,459	$12,704,334,196
2000	$12,705,350,098	$13,371,767,082
2001	$12,986,007,426	$13,563,990,022
2002	$13,147,736,899	$14,129,651,896
2003	$14,904,517,650	$15,211,487,709
2004	$16,095,337,094	$16,673,062,473
2005	$18,737,895,513	$18,395,383,647
2006	$25,825,512,284	$18,619,859,795
2007	$31,958,195,182	$21,860,434,823
2008	$35,895,153,328	$27,947,821,398
2009	$42,347,217,913	$29,400,573,554
2010	$45,405,615,064	$32,012,892,919
2011	$46,869,473,151	$34,657,140,096
2012	$56,396,704,672	$39,650,394,363
2013	$61,671,440,408	$45,648,857,242
2014	$68,285,796,514	$49,986,726,461
2015	$70,120,446,897	$47,413,919,817
2016	$74,815,144,164	$49,774,409,374
2017	$82,036,510,877	$53,274,884,533
2018	$92,202,979,985	$57,003,712,892
2019	$100,378,436,207	$61,026,731,926
2020	$100,657,505,751	$66,068,737,786
2021	$109,703,658,905	$70,655,628,148
2022	$114,448,978,153	$75,769,974,505
2023	$108,038,588,971	$79,062,403,837
2024	$124,498,691,699	$78,779,864,877

Kenya and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Tanzania
1960	$102.8	$267.8
1961	$99.3	$277.4
1962	$104.6	$295.7
1963	$107.4	$320
1964	$111.3	$337
1965	$106.9	$333
1966	$119.8	$370
1967	$121.9	$374
1968	$128.7	$388
1969	$133.3	$394
1970	$141	$211.3
1971	$150.9	$218.4
1972	$172.6	$239.8
1973	$198.6	$276.1
1974	$227.2	$320
1975	$241.2	$355
1976	$248.9	$387
1977	$311	$446
1978	$355	$515
1979	$403	$527
1980	$454	$595
1981	$413	$665
1982	$374	$683
1983	$335	$667
1984	$334	$593
1985	$320	$681
1986	$364	$466
1987	$387	$326
1988	$391	$299
1989	$374	$252.3
1990	$374	$236.9
1991	$345	$268.8
1992	$337	$243.4
1993	$229	$218.2
1994	$276.4	$222.5
1995	$340	$251.2
1996	$441	$305
1997	$467	$353
1998	$488	$375
1999	$434	$382
2000	$415	$390
2001	$411	$385
2002	$403	$391
2003	$443	$410
2004	$464	$438
2005	$523	$469
2006	$700	$462
2007	$840	$528
2008	$916	$657
2009	$1,048	$674
2010	$1,092	$715
2011	$1,096	$753
2012	$1,285	$837
2013	$1,371	$935
2014	$1,483	$993
2015	$1,489	$911
2016	$1,554	$925
2017	$1,667	$957
2018	$1,836	$992
2019	$1,960	$1,031
2020	$1,928	$1,084
2021	$2,061	$1,125
2022	$2,110	$1,171
2023	$1,952	$1,187
2024	$2,206	$1,149

Kenya vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Tanzania
1950	36.9	41
1951	38	41.2
1952	38.6	41.4
1953	39.8	41.5
1954	41	41.7
1955	42.3	41.8
1956	43.5	42
1957	45.3	42.1
1958	46.5	42.3
1959	47.5	42.5
1960	48.5	42.6
1961	49.3	42.8
1962	50.1	43.2
1963	50.8	43.6
1964	51.3	44.1
1965	51.9	44.5
1966	52.4	44.9
1967	52.8	45.2
1968	53.3	45.6
1969	53.7	46
1970	54.1	46.5
1971	54.5	47
1972	55	47.4
1973	55.5	47.9
1974	56	48.4
1975	56.6	48.9
1976	57.2	49.5
1977	57.7	50
1978	58.2	50.4
1979	58.7	50.8
1980	59.2	51.3
1981	59.6	51.7
1982	59.9	52
1983	60.3	52.2
1984	60.6	52.2
1985	60.9	52.2
1986	60.8	52.2
1987	60.7	52.2
1988	60.3	52.2
1989	60	52.1
1990	58.3	52
1991	57.8	51.8
1992	57.1	51.4
1993	56.7	51.2
1994	56.1	51.1
1995	55.9	51
1996	55.6	51.1
1997	55.5	51.2
1998	55.6	51.8
1999	55.9	52.4
2000	56.1	53.2
2001	56.5	54.1
2002	56.8	54.9
2003	57.4	55.9
2004	57.9	56.8
2005	58.5	57.7
2006	59.1	58.5
2007	59.4	59.3
2008	60	59.9
2009	60.5	60.5
2010	60.9	61.1
2011	61.3	61.6
2012	61.5	62.3
2013	61.7	62.8
2014	62	63.4
2015	62.3	63.9
2016	62.5	64.4
2017	62.7	65
2018	62.8	65.5
2019	62.9	66
2020	61.6	66.8
2021	61.2	66.1
2022	63.5	66.9
2023	63.6	67
2024	63.8	67.2
2025	64	67.4

Kenya and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Tanzania
1960	7,695,307	9,901,419
1961	7,987,770	10,187,886
1962	8,299,308	10,487,756
1963	8,627,971	10,799,528
1964	8,973,535	11,127,826
1965	9,338,078	11,470,728
1966	9,717,816	11,827,459
1967	10,111,057	12,200,109
1968	10,518,823	12,602,076
1969	10,939,695	13,036,700
1970	11,368,791	13,492,677
1971	11,788,904	13,971,451
1972	12,206,060	14,479,308
1973	12,634,835	15,010,101
1974	13,070,078	15,561,630
1975	13,511,671	16,138,361
1976	13,957,623	16,736,211
1977	14,428,819	17,352,929
1978	14,934,126	17,976,566
1979	15,460,666	18,592,038
1980	16,018,459	19,189,769
1981	16,601,507	19,784,703
1982	17,206,175	20,398,571
1983	17,846,374	21,079,874
1984	18,514,906	21,779,066
1985	19,201,768	22,501,693
1986	19,901,646	23,258,959
1987	20,616,096	24,030,378
1988	21,356,219	24,769,686
1989	22,118,434	25,438,759
1990	22,892,651	26,110,207
1991	23,646,514	26,780,436
1992	24,382,460	27,457,588
1993	25,117,188	28,332,692
1994	25,857,130	29,442,356
1995	26,601,751	30,383,497
1996	27,344,211	30,945,762
1997	28,101,768	31,578,089
1998	28,888,057	32,420,458
1999	29,733,408	33,300,330
2000	30,642,890	34,260,139
2001	31,619,170	35,198,299
2002	32,629,808	36,121,304
2003	33,652,223	37,089,555
2004	34,713,455	38,109,668
2005	35,796,484	39,182,076
2006	36,904,008	40,294,902
2007	38,036,349	41,435,512
2008	39,206,351	42,570,728
2009	40,408,891	43,633,982
2010	41,598,567	44,758,488
2011	42,758,461	46,029,367
2012	43,888,303	47,374,260
2013	44,986,791	48,824,128
2014	46,051,440	50,351,512
2015	47,088,526	52,020,962
2016	48,139,687	53,824,013
2017	49,197,766	55,652,890
2018	50,207,107	57,437,145
2019	51,202,827	59,174,891
2020	52,217,334	60,972,798
2021	53,219,166	62,830,412
2022	54,252,461	64,711,821
2023	55,339,003	66,617,606
2024	56,432,944	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Kenya and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Kenya

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Tanzania
1960	7.65	6.54
1961	7.72	6.56
1962	7.77	6.61
1963	7.82	6.65
1964	7.87	6.68
1965	7.92	6.73
1966	7.96	6.8
1967	7.95	6.86
1968	7.95	6.9
1969	7.95	6.95
1970	7.94	7
1971	7.92	7.04
1972	7.89	7.05
1973	7.86	7.06
1974	7.82	7.12
1975	7.8	7.1
1976	7.77	7.09
1977	7.73	7.07
1978	7.67	7.06
1979	7.6	7.04
1980	7.53	6.99
1981	7.45	6.93
1982	7.35	6.87
1983	7.22	6.81
1984	7.08	6.72
1985	6.96	6.6
1986	6.84	6.49
1987	6.69	6.41
1988	6.52	6.38
1989	6.33	6.3
1990	6.14	6.2
1991	5.94	6.14
1992	5.74	6.08
1993	5.57	6
1994	5.44	5.89
1995	5.37	5.82
1996	5.31	5.83
1997	5.27	5.84
1998	5.24	5.81
1999	5.18	5.75
2000	5.14	5.67
2001	5.09	5.62
2002	5.03	5.57
2003	4.94	5.58
2004	4.86	5.6
2005	4.8	5.58
2006	4.75	5.51
2007	4.72	5.4
2008	4.66	5.32
2009	4.57	5.26
2010	4.45	5.23
2011	4.28	5.14
2012	4.12	5.14
2013	3.96	5.16
2014	3.84	5.12
2015	3.77	5.03
2016	3.69	5.01
2017	3.61	4.99
2018	3.54	4.93
2019	3.43	4.87
2020	3.36	4.8
2021	3.31	4.73
2022	3.26	4.67
2023	3.21	4.61

Kenya and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Tanzania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Tanzania
1960	15.7	17.4
1961	15.5	17.4
1962	15.3	17.4
1963	15.2	17.4
1964	15.1	17.4
1965	14.9	17.3
1966	14.8	17.2
1967	14.6	17.2
1968	14.5	17.1
1969	14.5	17.1
1970	14.4	17.1
1971	14.4	17
1972	14.3	17
1973	14.3	17
1974	14.3	16.9
1975	14.3	16.9
1976	14.3	16.8
1977	14.3	16.8
1978	14.3	16.7
1979	14.4	16.6
1980	14.5	16.5
1981	14.5	16.4
1982	14.6	16.3
1983	14.7	16.2
1984	14.8	16.2
1985	14.9	16.3
1986	15	16.4
1987	15	16.5
1988	15.1	16.6
1989	15.2	16.6
1990	15.3	16.7
1991	15.5	16.7
1992	15.6	16.8
1993	15.7	17
1994	15.9	17.3
1995	16	17.4
1996	16.1	17.4
1997	16.2	17.3
1998	16.4	17.3
1999	16.5	17.4
2000	16.7	17.4
2001	16.8	17.5
2002	17	17.5
2003	17.1	17.4
2004	17.3	17.4
2005	17.4	17.4
2006	17.5	17.4
2007	17.6	17.3
2008	17.7	17.3
2009	17.8	17.2
2010	17.9	17.2
2011	18.1	17.2
2012	18.2	17.3
2013	18.4	17.3
2014	18.5	17.4
2015	18.7	17.5
2016	18.9	17.6
2017	19.1	17.8
2018	19.3	17.9
2019	19.6	17.9
2020	19.8	18
2021	20	18.1
2022	20.3	18.2
2023	20.6	18.3
2024	20.8	18.4

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